"Do not be grand. Try to get the ordinary into your writing - breakfast tables rather than the solar system; Middletown today, not Mankind through the ages."

-- Darcy O'Brien

#Writing Quotes #Age Quotes #Trying Quotes

“You had to be tough in our neighborhood.”
“It's weird, I love acting and stand-up is a very unique, solitary thing where you are the writer, performer and director. But acting is incredibly rewarding, working and interacting with people to create funny moments. I can't imagine not doing acting or stand-up, I really enjoy both of them that much.”
“The video maker doesn't easily face a blank page. Because the videomaker can run it either any way, this way or the other way and erase it if they don't like it and so on.”
“Sweeney: I can just see all you tough young soldiers cuddling together. Richard: Not cuddling, huddling. There's a difference.”
“Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more meaningful.”
“Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.”
“There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous.”
“It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.”

Source : 1910 Literary Lapses,'Reflections on Riding'.

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